Eric E. Bensen on PTO Proceedings after the America Invents Act

On
September 16, 2012, as a result of the America Invents Act, there will be
available in the USPTO five separate proceedings through which the PTO could
take a second look at an issued patent and, if warranted, make changes to the
patent's claims or otherwise reconsider information considered in the original
examination. In this Analysis, Eric E. Bensen sets forth the basic aspects of
each proceeding including the function, its effect and the procedures.